# Alternative reverse-proxy: nginx. PEM files land on the host exactly like the # Apache+certbot scenario — nginx and certbot are close cousins here, both # writing/reading plain PEM under /etc/letsencrypt. # # This is a FRAGMENT, not a full replacement for ../docker-compose.yml: it # adds an nginx + certbot pair and removes the panel's host port publish (nginx # takes over 80/443 and proxies to the panel over the compose network # instead). Merge it with the base file — run this from the deploy/ directory # (Compose resolves every relative path in both files against the directory of # the FIRST -f file, i.e. deploy/, which is why paths below are ./nginx/... - # docs.docker.com/compose/how-tos/multiple-compose-files/merge/: "Paths are # evaluated relative to the base file"): # # docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f nginx/docker-compose.nginx.yml up -d # # First-run certificate issuance (webroot method, before nginx has a cert to # serve — run once): # docker compose -f docker-compose.yml -f nginx/docker-compose.nginx.yml \ # run --rm certbot certonly --webroot -w /var/www/certbot \ # -d mail.example.com --email you@example.com --agree-tos --no-eff-email services: selfpost: ports: !override - "465:465" - "587:587" - "25:25" # No host publish for 8080 here: nginx reaches it over the compose # network at selfpost:8080 instead (see nginx.conf.example). volumes: !override - ./data:/data - .:/selfpost-deploy:ro # certs/ holds two links, fullchain.pem and privkey.pem, to # /etc/letsencrypt/live/mail.example.com/ - a path inside the # container: certbot's directory below is mounted there whole, because # its live/ files are relative links into archive/ (mounting live/ alone # left them pointing at nothing). docs/guide.md, "Reverse proxy", nginx. - ./certs:/etc/postfix/tls:ro - ./nginx/certbot-etc:/etc/letsencrypt:ro nginx: image: nginx:1.27 restart: unless-stopped depends_on: - selfpost ports: - "80:80" - "443:443" volumes: - ./nginx/nginx.conf.example:/etc/nginx/conf.d/selfpost.conf:ro - ./nginx/certbot-etc:/etc/letsencrypt:ro - ./nginx/certbot-www:/var/www/certbot:ro certbot: image: certbot/certbot:latest volumes: - ./nginx/certbot-etc:/etc/letsencrypt - ./nginx/certbot-www:/var/www/certbot # Renewal twice a day is certbot's own recommended cadence; it no-ops # until a certificate is within its renewal window. # (eff-certbot.readthedocs.io, User Guide, "Automated Renewals": the # sample cron runs "certbot renew" at 0 and 12 h; renew acts only on a # certificate near expiry.) entrypoint: sh -c 'trap exit TERM; while :; do certbot renew; sleep 12h & wait $${!}; done'